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In the Matter of Honoring
Chief Assistant Public Defender,William Veale
To Commemorate His Retirement RESOLUTION NO. 2006/185
WHEREAS, William ("Bill") Veale is reti ing:froin the Office of the.Public.Defender after thirty-one years of
exemplary lawyering; and
WHEREAS, Bill Veale;:mo'ved';froin Maryland-with an Oriole`s base'611-cap, a guitar_and.ta.law degree to join
the Department ill Septernberof.1974;
WHEREAS,Bill Veale embarked on a career that took him through every assignme.ni and branch in the
Department from:inisdemeanors through juvenile through felonies;
WHEREAS, Bill Vcale has tried several of the most.celebrated.and s.erious,:ca.ses.handled by..this Department
over these ..years; including:several capital cases;
WHEREAS, many of the clients in cases..hlandled by Bill are citizens of this,county.who have had their
freedom,because of the energy, passion and eloquence of Bill iii their
WHEREAS; Bill's dramatic flair for;_arid love of; language made his courtroom.;argumeiits-legendary in the'
Contra Costa legal•com^rnui iy'; '
WHEREAS, Bill was protnoted-'t6'Chief�Assistant Public Defender.and`.appointeci to supervise the Alternate
Defender Office ,&lien it began in 1993 liandling:criminal.conflicts oft Main Office;
WHER.EAS,YBill has continued his leadership'of the Alterrlate'Defericler:Offce;,for thVensi ing thirteen years
during.wtiich the county's 0ioneeringefforts estab Iishing`an,altern.ate>branch.xvithin.the'-pubIic.defeiide.r
department liave been praised by the Board of Supervisors for...tliei.r::fscal.respoiisiliility.and replicated in=other
counties throughout.Cali.fornia;
WHEREAS, B111 s good'judgnciif; irifegrlty;.ills unique ablity..to.elicit good feelings.of cali�araderie:from
everyone who..knows him; and his.demonstrable sense ofcaring•for:Ills fellow_human beings, have all
contributed iiiimeasurably'to the success of the ADO and thc.Departmeiit-as a.whole:
NOW THEREFORE; BE IT ESOthat the Board of Supervisors of the C'oulity.of.Contra Costa
acknowledges and thanks Bill.Veale for his dedicated .service to the Office-of the Public Defender, the clients
of that Office and the people b.f,this County oil the occasion of his retirement as:ah,diiiployee of Contra Costa
County.
PASSED and ADOPTED by a unanimous v to of the Board of Supervisors members present this 11 th day of
April, 2006.
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HN GI A,Chair, District I
GAY B. UILKEMIC, District II Y IEP.HO, District 111
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MARK DeSAULNIER, District IV FE ERAL D. GLOVER, District V
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
- 0 _ an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
* _ * Board of Supervisors on the date shown:
ATI-Es,rED: APRIL 11.2006
JOHN CULLEN, Clerk of the Board of
O a. 11111 =4 Superyisors and County Adnunisuator
ByDeputyClerk
�� �' RESOLUTION NO.2006/185